Politics

Supporters of incorporating St. George expect to file their appeal of the trial court decision that went against them within 30 days, says incorporation spokesperson Andrew Murrell. 

It's becoming less and less likely that Louisiana’s Republican lawmakers will have the votes to overturn any of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' vetoes

Last year’s annual defense bill authorized the Army and Air Force to spend more money in Louisiana than in any other state, and the strides are expected to continue as we march further into 2022. 

For the first time since Fox McKeithen was secretary of state (he served from 1988 to 2005), the National Association of Secretaries of State will hold one of its conferences in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld an appellate court ruling to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit that Attorney General Jeff Landry filed against...

A veto of legislation to allow charter schools approved by the state board of education, rather than local school boards, was one of numerous...

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the next round of congressional elections in Louisiana to proceed under the Legislature’s approved map, which does not include a second majority-Black district. 

Republican Louisiana state House Speaker Clay Schexnayder confirmed speculation that he will run for lieutenant governor in 2023, announcing his plans at the Farm...

A state district judge in New Orleans today temporarily lifted Louisiana’s abortion ban until July 8, when the court will consider a legal challenge to the ban from a Shreveport abortion clinic, the clinic’s administrator and a medical student abortion rights organization based at Tulane University. 

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, meaning the procedure is now illegal in Louisiana.  The highly charged...

Louisiana immediately banned almost all abortions, and the state’s three abortion clinics stopped providing them today, after the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the federal...

While the Louisiana Conservative Caucus is pushing for a veto override session, Republicans who lead the House of Representatives don’t think it’s likely. 

Together New Orleans, U.S. Rep. Troy Carter and other officials are expected to make a big announcement Tuesday on an initiative that would create...

The legal battle to determine the boundaries of Louisiana’s congressional districts is now taking place simultaneously at all three levels of the federal judiciary,

The state of Louisiana has set aside $9 million to buy 2,000 acres of swampland in St. James and Lafourche parishes partly owned by Charles DeWitt,

Louisiana lawmakers have so far filed seven maps to consider in the special session brought about after a federal court rejected a congressional redistricting...

A proposed Louisiana congressional map with two majority-Black districts failed to advance Thursday from a state Senate committee after Republicans insisted on honoring a...

Citing a desire to make Louisiana safer, a Lafayette man who headed up the U.S. Marshals Service and served as the Western District's first African American U.S. attorney is now considering a run for governor in 2023.

A request by Louisiana legislative leaders to extend the deadline for completing a new congressional map—that must include a second majority-Black district—was rejected by a federal judge today.

The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives is giving members the day off today despite complaints he will take to a federal judge